Milwaukee Bucks were in a bad spot headed into their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. They lost five straight. Everyone was losing their mind. Mike Budenholzer is on a hot seat according to the fans. But Milwaukee found a way to beat Oklahoma City and avenge their loss on Sunday. They won 98-85 in one of their best defensive efforts of the last few weeks. Sure the offense wasn’t entirely there, but hopefully, Milwaukee will have a few games against bad defenses to get right.

Player of the Game: Giannis Antetokounmpo – What a night for the Greek Freak. He finished with 29 points, 19 rebounds, and eight assists. He dominated again. Despite Milwaukee’s losing streak, Giannis has been excellent in the last few weeks. He made a real case to be the Eastern Conference Player of the Month if this continues for him. Al Horford gets a lot of attention for being a Giannis’ stopper, but that was not the case on Friday night. I welcome any Eastern Conference team to trade for Horford and have him go up against Giannis.

Honorable Mention: DJ Augustin – *Peeks behind the blinds* Is it okay to say that DJ Augustin played well last night? He had the third-highest PER in this game. Budenholzer moved him into the starting rotation, and that was the right move at least for one game. We’ll see if it translates on Sunday again if Jrue Holiday cannot play. He scored 12 points with three made threes.

One Thing To Note: Don’t get too concerned about the Bucks’ offense – Here’s the thing about the Bucks’ struggles for their offense last night, the Thunder’s defense has been really good of late. They have the best defensive rating over the last 10 games and a top 10 defensive rating in the last five. I’m not ready to push the panic button on Milwaukee’s offense even if they haven’t scored 100 points in the last two games. They have Sacramento, Minnesota, New Orleans in the next three games. Let’s wait and see after those three games.

Next up: Milwaukee plays a late Sunday evening game against Sacramento. They play this evening against Chicago then will take on the Bucks. Sacramento struggled in the past week or so losing their last five games. They have been allowing a bunch defensively. De’Aaron Fox against Augustin sounds like a nightmare, but I have no idea who they’re going to have on Giannis.

Charlie.